Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-12
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Chapter T " nty-h five,

An g Ordinance Amending Chap
ter Twenty four al Of the Or
tlinallceOf the Villnge Of Little
Falls, Entitle d An Ordinance
Providing for q Supply of
Water and Water Pow .=5s
er for Domestic, Sani-
tary and Fire Pro-
lection Purposes. q
The Village Council Of the Village so1
Little Falls do ordain as follows: ss5
SECTION on
That Sections One a Two (2) Three
81 and -Four "a Of Chapter twenty .fou,
/ "a of the ordinances OF the Village 81
Little Falls be and the same are hereby
amended 50 as to read as follows:
SECTION ONE.
That upon the making in due form
and filing with the recorder Of said Vii,
tiaEO tsuiAl1 fGt %f III 5E5 IAo pdII s Ol
the Little Falls Water Power
Company of NIinnesota, z olbligat.
ing and binding the said Company, its
Isuccessors and assigns, to furnish to said
Village or its assigns, for, the purpose
Eof pumping water from the Mississippi
river for the usual and ordinary domestic
sanitary and fire protection purposes ii
said Village, an amount Of water suffici.
lent to produce One Hundred (1O0) horse
power over and above and IN addition
to all other water power agreed or pro.
posed to bd furnished to said Village,
subject to the usual Rules and Regula-
lions Of Water Power Companies, such
water to be drawn from the canal OF
said Company at such place as said
Company shall designate. And that
said Company will in like manner fur
nish the use of such land as may be nee
essary for utilizing said water power for
the uses above stated but for no other
purpose; and shall interpose no obiec-
ton to the said Village. it's successors o,
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assigns. taking its supply Of water from
said river for said purposes as Aforesaid
and, upon the faithful observance o1
said contract, the said Village Of Little
Falls will an or before the first day OF
January in each of the years, 1890, 1891,
1892, 1888, and 1894, pay to said Little
Falls Water Power Company, in addi-
ton to all other bonds or obligations, a
sum OF money equal to the aggregate OF
all taxes, excepting State taxes, assessed
and levied during the year next proceed.
ing each Of said first days of January
upon the lands or any part thereof be-
longing to said Company, described in
the deed made by Charles A. DeGraff to
The Little Falls Water Power Company
Of Minnesota, dated March 18th, 1884, and
filed April 18th, 1884, and recorded up
on pages 469, 40, Al, and 472 of book
IN" OF Deeds in the Office ofthe Register
OF Deeds Of Morrison County, Mime
sofa, SO long during said FIVE years as
said lands shall remain the property OF
said Water Power Company, also. upon
any and all plants, manufactures or i'm
provements located or made upon said
lands in the development or use Of the
said Water Power, by said Water Power
Company, or other party or parties.
St /. SECTION TWO. .s+., h y y
The right and privilege is hereby
granted to the Little Falls Water Power
Company Of Minnesota to.fow water
from. the Mississippi river upon any of
the streets in said Village of Little Falls
80 far as may be necessary to construct
and maintain dam in said river upon
said described lands sufficient to pro-
dice Water Power of twenty COY feet
head, and no. damage shall be claimed
therefor, provided that the foregoing
part Of this section shall not applySto
the Mississippi River Bridge, now in
place on said River upon and in pro
1longation Of Oak street ia said village and
all said fowage over said bridge or 50
near toit as to endanger the same, shall
he at the risk Of and, in case of damage
to said bridge, at the expense Of the
said Water Power Company
SECTION THREE.
4 The right and privilege 81 fowage
hereby granted shall continue and re-
main in force SO long as such proposed
dam and improvements shall be main
tanned. .$ H d.
SECTION FOUR.
D This ordinance is made upon. the .ex-
press condition that the said Little Falls.
Water Power Company Of Minnesota
shall, within ten days from the date Of
this chapter, file with the Recorder Of
said Village the contract hereinbefore
mentioned with evidence Of its adop-.
ton by the Board Of Directors Of said
Company accepting the terms and pro-
visions Of this ordinance. Whersupon
this chapter shall take effect and become
the lawful contract Of said Company
md Village.
SECTION FIVE.
4 ordinances or parts Of ordinance
conflicting with this chapter are hereby
repealed md this chapter shall take
e feet and be il force from and after its
publication and the acceptance By. said
Company Of its terms.
Pissed August 10, 1851.